Effective January 1, 2012, Florida's minimum wage for non-tipped employees will increase to $7.67 an hour, a 4.9 percent increase from the $7.31 an hour minimum for 2011, according to an announcement by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. Wages for tipped employees will increase to $4.65 an hour.
This increase is based on the increase of the federal Consumer Price Index for urban wage workers in the southeastern United States.
In accordance with a 2004 constitutional amendment, Florida automatically raises the minimum wage rates based on the CPI. The federal minimum wage (currently $7.25 an hour) cannot be raised except by an act of Congress.
Florida employers must pay the higher, Florida minimum wage rate.
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